http://markle.policyarchive.orgThe Markle Foundation is pleased to share its documents with all those interested in finding ways of addressing critical public needs in the information age. The documents in this archive cover a wide variety of subjects, all focusing on the intersection of policy and information technology. In the last few years, the Markle Foundation has focused mainly on using information and technology to improve health and enhance national security. Other areas Markle has addressed in the past include information technology for development, children and interactive media, and Internet governancehttp://markle.policyarchive.org/ItemDisplayServlet?handle=16019Reaffirms the principles of the first Task Force report ("Protecting America's Freedom in the Information Age") and provides greater detail on the creation and implementation of a trusted information sharing network for homeland security. Offers recommendations on how the government should combine the resources of local, regional, state, and federal agencies as well as the private sector to create this network while preserving - or even enhancing -the privacy and civil liberties of American citizens.Mon, 01 Dec 2003 00:00:00 GMThttp://markle.policyarchive.org/ItemDisplayServlet?handle=160192003-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://markle.policyarchive.org/ItemDisplayServlet?handle=16018Recommends changes to the health care system in three broad categories: creating a technical framework for connectivity, addressing financial barriers, and engaging the American public with a consistent set of messages to promote the benefits of electronic connectivity and to encourage patients and consumers to access their own health information.Thu, 01 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMThttp://markle.policyarchive.org/ItemDisplayServlet?handle=160182004-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://markle.policyarchive.org/ItemDisplayServlet?handle=16017Updates the report "Children and Interactive Media: A Compendium of Current Research and Directions for the Future report to the Markle Foundation" from October 2000. Examines the literature that has been published on the topic between June 2000 and May 2002, focusing on children's in-home use of interactive technologies. Includes a review of literature according to the categories of the original research compendium, including children's use and access to interactive media, cognitive and social outcomes of such interactive media use, health and safety issues and policy concerns.Fri, 01 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMThttp://markle.policyarchive.org/ItemDisplayServlet?handle=160172002-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://markle.policyarchive.org/ItemDisplayServlet?handle=16016The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the organization responsible for coordinating certain key Internet resources, has been the focus of much controversy. This paper examines benchmarks or goals for measuring ICANN's work, identifies recurring themes in how prominent stakeholders have described and evaluated ICANN, determines which themes are most useful to developing a common evaluation framework for ICANN, and offers ten "Civil Society Metrics" for use by the community in evaluating ICANN from a public interest perspective.Thu, 31 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMThttp://markle.policyarchive.org/ItemDisplayServlet?handle=160162003-07-31T00:00:00Zhttp://markle.policyarchive.org/ItemDisplayServlet?handle=16015Offers a framework for inclusive international ICT policy-making, based on the shared vision that was developed under the mandate of the Digital Opportunities Task Force created by the G8 Okinawa Charter on the Global Information Society in July 2000.Sat, 01 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMThttp://markle.policyarchive.org/ItemDisplayServlet?handle=160152002-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://markle.policyarchive.org/ItemDisplayServlet?handle=16014Connecting for Health Steering Group encourages the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to create electronic prescribing incentives that reward use of information to improve health decision-making and outcomes, rather than reward the mere use of technology.Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://markle.policyarchive.org/ItemDisplayServlet?handle=160142009-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://markle.policyarchive.org/ItemDisplayServlet?handle=16013The fourth in a series of surveys on Internet usage and its impact on China. Conducted by Professor Guo Liang of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Center for Social Development. Analyzes perception and attitudes toward the Internet, impact on other mass media, effects on interpersonal communication, political participation, and government services.Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://markle.policyarchive.org/ItemDisplayServlet?handle=160132007-11-01T00:00:00Z